We are lonesome animals. We spend all our life trying to be less lonesome. One of our ancient methods is to tell a story begging the listener to say — and to feel — 'Yes, that's the way it is, or at least that's the way I feel it.'

我们必须平衡短期需求和长期可持续性。

最诚实的电影制作方式是为自己拍电影。

一个人能做的最好的事情就是帮助另一个人知道更多。

The city is like a text, it speaks to those who can read it.

The greatest blessing of our democracy is freedom. But in the last analysis, our only freedom is the freedom to discipline ourselves.

历史是记忆的不完美与文献的不足相遇时产生的确定性。

I'm not a politician, I'm not a preacher, I'm just a vessel.